Rack Setup

[Martin Fischer]

Hello everybody,

I’d like to introduce myself with some pictures of my newly setup Paro rack.
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It’s a simple “heavy duty” shelf from a local do-it-yourself store. The maximum load per shelf is stated with 179 kg and although it is very light and thin, it looks solid and reliable to me (up to now).
The upper shelf holds 4 12l tanks. In each one I keep 1 pair for extensive breeding.

This is e.g. a pair of P. harveyi with some fry:
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Below there are two 40cm cubes in which I keep surplus Paros in company of some Boraras,[URL=http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/98/dsc08789a.jpg/][IMG]http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/4317/dsc08789a.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

e.g. in the right one, some P. spec. Langgam with some Boraras merah:
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All the tanks contain small corner sponge filters, run by a normal air pump (400l/h is strong enough for the whole rack).

…finally I want to show you two young P. harveyi having a dispute:
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Greetings,
Martin

[helene schoubye]

Thank you Martin, what a good idea to introduce ourselves, – maybe we should have an introduction sektion 🙂 ..
I really like your setup, and think its good to see how others manage to make setups, – with parosphromenus I find that one ends up very quickly wanting many many tanks, – and its probably very different how we all do.

Here is a picture of my ‘setup’ – some of it, rather, since I also have a few bigger tanks around in the house, – one with a few linkei offspring.

Its not the best photo though, but still.

Mine is all made of wood, – with the help of a friend.

[Kevin Marshall]

I think I will have to build a rack system..I have just so much wasted space in my fish house -any chance of some measurements to get me started.

[Peter Finke]

Three of my small tanks, designed as “lamps” at the side of a sitting-place.
(Well – it’s not a rack set-up! I shall show that in the next mail.)

[Peter Finke]

Again, it’s not a rack-setup in the strong sense, it’s a former book-shelf-setup. My main array of 12-liter-tanks, with the small side looking to the front.

[helene schoubye]

Those are beautiful, Peter, so nice to see how others do.

Kevin, I have the measures for my ‘thing’ – but its really quite simple. The material I bought in the local timbershop, what its called in english I am not sure, but just ordinary things that you use in buildings, quite cheap.
I had someone with a bit of knowledge about woodwork doing it for me, because of course it needs to be staple and I was unsure about it.
I can send more precise measures to you if you want, but its just a matter of how big you want it. I think mine is 2.70 m long, and about 0.40 deep.

[Najib Samsuri]

wahh..really nice setup..are u using any filter/airpump for the tanks?

[Peter Finke]

Kindai, whom do you mean? Me? I don’t use any filters or air-pumps. Certainly, the licorice gouramis come from floating waters and they like that in the aquarium, no question. But they display and breed in my small stagnant waters, too. The only thing is that a small bubble-filter would make things a little easier for the aquarist by reducing the intervals for water-change. But it’s too noisy for me since the small tanks are part of my working studio.
And the neccessity for maintenance measures is quite diversified. Some tanks with a mass of Ceratopteris spec. will stand long-time stable and with only little germ-load, while others, mostly with less active plants, must be cared for every two weeks.

[Gonin herve]

That my dream to keep tanks like you do.There is no green stuff that I can keep in water with so low values.How do you manage to do so?

[Martin Fischer]

Hello,

the only plants I keep in my tanks are Java-fern, Anubias barteri var. nana, Java-moss and as floating plants Ceratopteris or Salvinia. They all seem to be able to cope with the water conditions. I use ro-water, that is dripping over peat, before I use it. The pH-value is around 5.

Besides there is a Cryptocoryne (I think it is C. pontederifolia), that i brought home from an IGL-convention, that is doing fine in a clay-pot filled with pure sand. It is growing very slow, but the leaves are healthy and green.

I don’t know exactly, what makes it work, perhaps it’s the moderate peatiness, compared to tanks with peat-substrate. Nevertheless it seems to be close to the limit.

Greetings
Martin

[Aleksandr Egorov]

Hello Martin
Your tank beautiful.
Tell me in detail about the plants. Usually, when plants a long time in aquarium PH goes up. How do you keep PH?
With preparation of the water I understood (osmos). And how often to change the water and how much?

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